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Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City , North Carolina
Circulation 1,500
ECSU’s radio station hits local air waves
by Steve Smith
A new chapter in Elizabeth
City State University’s history
began March 18 at 6 p.m. when
WRVS-FM hit the local air
waves.
A program was held at 5 p.m.
in Moore Hall Auditorium to
mark the event. ECSU and local
officials spoke of the importance
of the the station.
Levin B. Culpepper, chairman
of the ECSU board of trustees,
said the station would give the
school a chance to have its story
heard by a much larger audi
ence.
After this program, a ribbon-
cutting ceremony was held in
front of the station’s temporary
home in the campus Public Rela
tions Building.
David C. Linton, general man
ager of WRVS, gave special
thanks to his “mentor” Paul
Vandergrift, director for educa
WRVS’ General Manger David c. Linton inspects the control panel of ECSU’s new radio sta
tion before signing on for the first time last we k. photo by Kathi Lindsey
Howard University
hosts media workshops
by Gary D. Sheared
Nearly 500 minority students
and fifty agencies representing
print and broadcast media par
ticipated in Howard University’s
School of Communications Con
ference and Job Fair, February
13-16 in Washington.
In his message to the confer
ees, Dean Orlando L. Taylor said
the event is designed to discuss
communications issues and prob
lems affecting people of African
and African-American ancestry.
Taylor said that the conference
provides a setting in which stu
dents and specialists from all
communications disciplines can
meet one another to establish
meaningful networks, and to
share one another’s perspectives
and experiences. The conference
provides mechanisms for stu
dents to meet and have meaning
ful dialogue with potential em-
ployers within the
communication fields.
Students nominated by their
colleges or universities had op
portunities to attend professional
development workshops and
seminars where they could inter
act with panelists discussing me
dia-related topics. Several agen
cies and organizations hosted
receptions to become familiar
with conferees on a one-to-one
basis. However, students were
interviewed by prospective em
ployers for current and future
jobs and internships for report
ers, copy editors, photographers,
anchorpersons, technicians and
engineers. Colleges and imiversi-
ties were present to seek individ
uals for graduate/professional
studies and other related areas.
An awards luncheon was given
in honor of Professor Larry
Stills, commemorating him as
a his key developer of the confer
ence. Keynote speaker for the
event was Gordon Parks, re
nowned photojournalist, author,
speaker and filmmaker. He is
well known as a producer of the
1970’s television series “Shaft”
Members of the cast of the Uni versity Players’ “The Crucible” in the play’s trial scene. In the
foreground, Joycelyn Proctor as Abagail Williams pretends to have demonic vision^ ^
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tion service at the University of
North Carolina Center for Public
Television.
After the ribbon-cutting cere
mony, the switches were thrown;
the turntables were readied, and
to the tune of “Ain’t No Stopping
Us Now,” the local airwaves re
sounded with “Wonderful Ra
dio...Viking Style.”
WRVS is a non-commercial ra
dio station which will offer enter
tainment, news and sports, pub
lic affairs and community
information.
WRVS’s staff is made up of
mostly students. Several of these
students have earned their FCC
licenses and another group is in
the process of earning theirs.
Linton said he hopes to make
WRVS one of the top non-com
mercial radio stations in the
country. An Elizabeth City State
University dream has become a
reality, and simultaneously, has
added an exciting dimension to
both the University family and
the community-at-large.
ECSU limits out-of-state
student enrollment
by Gary D. Shearod
and for his work in the produc
tion of “The Color Purple.” He is
perhaps better known to the me
dia for his skillful photography
for Life magazine.
Parks relayed a message to the
students that was stressed
throughout the entire delegation.
He said that patience and hard
work could overcome all obsta-
cles-as he is living proof.
Many students felt that the
conference was beneficial, espe
cially because it provided them
with up-to-date information, ex
posure to all aspects of commu
nications and valuable contact
persons and agencies. It was the
consensus that they had gained
confidence about the job market
of their choice and about them
selves.
Students representing Eliza
beth City State University were
Dreena Birdsall, a junior En
glish/teaching major from Nags
Head, N.C. and sophomore Gary
D. Shearod, an English/News
Media major from Goldsboro,
N.C.
Within the next two years, Eliz
abeth City State University will
cutback on out-of-state enroll
ment after being instructed by
the UNC Board of Governors to
limit out-of-state freshman en
rollment to 18 percent beginning
in the 1988-89 academic year.
ECSU is second to North Caro
lina A&T State University in hav
ing the highest out-of-state en
rollment of the 16 UNC schools.
Fifteen schools, excluding North
Carolina School of the Arts, must
comply with the enrollment regu
lations.
Jenkins
to request
expansion
Elizabeth City State University
may expand into Dare County if
Chancellor Jimmy R. Jenkins’
proposal to build a four-year ex
tension facility is approved.
Jenkins’ request will be pre
sented by a study group to the
town board. The group has been
gathering recommendations on
the possible uses of a 322-acre
parcel, also known as the Baum
Tract. Jenkins and his staff pro
posed that 20 acres be designated
for ECSU.
ECSU has thought about ex
panding into Dare County in the
past, but nothing firm has ever
developed. This venture would
cost between $3 million and $4
million.
Citing the College of the Albe
marle’s satellite school in the
county, Jenkins said that he be
lieves there is a strong market
for expansion in the area. He also
said that the two institutions
could be compatible.
“We co-exist in Elizabeth City
because we are a four-year insti
tution and often take many of
COA’s students after two years.
The same thing could happen in
Dare County,” Jenkins said.
The University of North Caro
lina system’s Board of Gover
nors must make the final deci
sion on any expansion plans even
if ECSU is allocated the land.
Jenkins feels that the board
would favor the expansion if peo
ple get behind the idea and back
it.
Walter Davis, a membr of the
Board of Governors, lives in
Dare County and is aware of the
request. Kill Devil Hills town
manager Lloyd Ballance has
said that Sen. Marc Basnight, D-
Dare, has indicated that he will
push for it.
INSIDE
Bobby Vaughan fired
as head coach.
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ECSU choir to tour 5 states
The Elizabeth City State Uni
versity Choir is touring in five
states and Washington, D.C. until
March 30. Directed by Professor
Billy C. Hines, members include
sopranos: Iris Farrish, Pamela
Gore, Sydell Green, Alvera
Gunn, Amanda Massenburg,
Cheryl Shearod, Darlene Sim
mons, LaVleeta Sloan; Altos:
Louwanda Bembury, Volanda
Cain, Kimberly Everett, Beulah
McDonald, Tecia Murrell,
Brenda Northern, Carol Scott,
Valerie Sutton, Nichelle Watson;
Tenors: Carray Banks, Jr.,
ECSU plans to reduce its en
rollment by increasing recruit
ment efforts in northeastern
North Carolina and by offering
more scholarships to in-state stu
dents, said Chancellor Jimmy R.
Jenkins.
Jenkins told The Daily Ad
vance that he hopes to receive
more scholarship funds in order
to attract top in-state students to
the university .
He announced to the ECSU
Board of Trustees that plans
have begun to recruit more in
state students. He also said that
if the university could not meet
the 1988 deadline, the UNC sys
tem may be willing to extend the
cut-off to 1990.
Currently, ECSU’s out-of-state
enrollment is 32.5 percent, but
historically ECSU has had high
out-of-state enrollments ranging
between 33 and 35 percent during
the past five to six years, accord
ing to Jenkins.
The high percentage rate can
be credited to ECSU’s proximity
to the Tidewater, Va. area and
alumni encouraging their chil
dren to attend their alma mater.
Elizabeth City State University held its annual Science Fair/E
nergy Expo on March 14, 1986 in Vaughan Center.A wide variety
of technological and art exhibits were displayed by junior and se
nior high school students throughout Region One and sur
rounding counties in North Carolina including Halifax and North
ampton counties. . . . ^ .
photo by Kathi Lmdsey
Narcotics Anonymous
chapter formed
by Steve Smith
Dwayne Carter, Jerry Dortch,
Kent Griffin, Albert Harris, III;
Basses: Jerry Cameron, Michael
Chapman, Rodney Haggins, Al
fred Rayam, Charles Scott, Sean
Sharpe, James Thompson, Harry
Baskerville.
In the following story fictitious
names have been used to protect
the anonymity of the members of
Narcotics Anonymous.
“Hello. I’m John and I’m an ad
dict,” says John Dike, a founding
member of the Elizabeth City
group of Narcotics Anonymous.
Dike is a rather young man with
neatly-trimmed hair-not the typ
ical picture of an addict. He looks
like an ordinary young man in his
late twenties, but as you listen to
him talk, you realize this young
man is anything but ordinary.
Dike says he first got the idea
to start an NA meeting early last
fall. “I’m an alcoholic, but I’m
also an addict,” he said. “I real
ized Alcoholics Anonymous
wasn’t reaching many addicts.
We have a few members in AA
who are dually-addicted; but no
members who are just addicts.
That’s fine because AA is for al
coholics; but I still believed we
needed a program for addicts”.
Dike says he brought up the
idea to a few of his AA friends
and they backed him 100 percent.
“Through a lot of rushing around
and many phone calls we finally
managed to get a meeting
started the first Monday in Jan
uary.”
At these meetings, recovering
addicts openly share their expe
riences, strengths and hopes. Ev
erything said at the meetings is
confidential. They believe their
approach (one addict helping an
other) is practical.
However, the group encoun
tered a few problems at their
first location. “When a member,
who had been given the key, left
for a few weeks, we weren’t
given another key,” said Joan
Armas, who helped get things
rolling for the group along with-
Dike. “It was as if we weren’t
trusted and we certainly didn’t
need that. One time John
couldn’t get the door opened so
he held the meeting in his car.”
After this setback the group
moved to their present location in
the Kramer Building and
changed the meeting to Tuesday
nights. “Thank God we were able
to move into the Kramer Build
ing immediately,” Dike said. “I
would have hated for someone to
show up for a meeting at the old
location to find nobody there. We
would have lost all credibility-
the meeting could have really
been in trouble if that had hap
pened.”
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